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Smoke condition triggers fire alarm at central avenue apartmentGlenside PA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Central Ave, Glenside, PA 19038

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered by smoke and a possible carbon monoxide detector activation at an apartment near Central Avenue. Attempts were made to reset the alarm while airing out smoke. A nearby vacant house had a seal alarm going off.

Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County Fire and EMS East, Bucks Fire/EMS West
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01:50
Transcript:
00:00
All right, for instance, there's a slight smoke condition.
00:04
You might let this apartment air out a little bit before you can reset it.
00:12
Okay, what a problem are yet? Because the paddle down here is not giving us anything but general stuff.
00:22
Keith, me off a sweet pound.
00:46
Activation, near Central Avenue, box 29A Alpha 6.
00:50
CO detector activation, near Central Avenue.
00:54
Central Avenue and Limekiln Pike.
00:57
Box 29A Alpha 6th Avenue.
01:03
Flight didn't stay off, wrong there.
01:09
Board of Station.
01:15
is from near Central Avenue saying the vacant house that this address has a seal alarm going off.
01:22
Okay.
01:28
Michael, the head reset,
01:30
but just hang tight because if this thing goes off again and I'm trying to get a little bit more smoke out of here.
01:39
Okay.
01:40
Yeah, Kenny said he went to go reset everything, even on the silence, and it just reset itself.
01:50
Okay.

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Central Ave, Glenside, PA 19038

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